Sealed Bids for the construction of the Fire Station will be received by the City of Villa Grove, Illinois, 612 East Front Street, Villa Grove, IL 61956, until 2:00 pm local time on Friday, January 6, 2017, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. The Project consists of construction a new Fire Station.

Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a lump sum basis, as indicated in the Bid Form.

Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8am 4pm, and may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents from the Issuing Office as described below.

Bid documents may be obtained from the Engineer’s company website at www.fehr-graham.com. Upon accessing the website, Bidders will see a link titled, “Obtain Bidding Documents”. Clicking this link will take Bidders directly to the Quest Network Service, and will display all projects available for bid through Fehr Graham. On this page, projects ads will be listed in the left-hand column with project numbers assigned by Quest displayed. Potential Bidders can enter the Quest project number 4755587 in the field provided to view the full ad for the City of Villa Grove Fire Station project, and download a complete set of bidding documents from this page for a non-refundable fee of $25.00. Please contact QuestCDN.com at (952) 233-1632 or info@questcdn.com for assistance in free membership registration, downloading, and working with this digital project information.

A Pre-Bid Conference will not be held for this Project.

Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders.

Attention to the Bidders is called to Sections of the Illinois Revised Statutes (1981) pertaining to the prevailing wage law. The awarding authority has established the rates for the various classifications of workmen and craftsmen on the proposed improvement and the Contractor will be required to comply with the requirement of this statute. A copy of the prevailing wage determination is enclosed in bidding document.

Attention of the Bidder is also called to provisions of the Fair Employment Practices Act of the State of Illinois, and particularly to the provision of Section 4 thereof. The contract to be entered into shall be conditioned as provided by law.

Attention of the Bidders is called to provisions of the "Preference to Citizens (Illinois) on Public Works Projects Act" Chapter 48, Sections 269-275 of the Illinois Revised Statutes. The Contract to be entered into shall be conditioned as provided by law.

Attention to the Bidder is called to qualifications and experience required of all bidders. To be considered a responsive, responsible bidder, the bidder must document on the Bid Form that he or she meets the experience requirements outlined in the Special Conditions of the Specifications.

The City of Villa Grove reserves the right to reject all bids or bids found to be non-responsible or non-responsive. A Bidder may withdraw from the possession of the Department, his or her submitted bid only prior to the previously-stated closing time for receipt of the bids. No bid shall be withdrawn after the opening of bids, for a period of ninety (90) days.